Lung Transplant

Surgeons in China have transplanted a genetically modified pig lung into a human for the first time, offering hope but raising complex scientific and ethical challenges

Jharkhand Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto, who had undergone lung transplant, died at a hospital in Chennai on Thursday, an official said. Mahto was airlifted to Chennai last month due to health complications following the transplant in November 2020, which underwent after suffering from COVID-19, he said. "Mahto breathed his last today," Dr Apar Jindal of MGM Healthcare told PTI. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren condoled the demise of Mahto.

Doctors in Japan announced Thursday they have successfully performed the world's first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from Covid-19

According to MGH Healthcare, the patient tested positive for coronavirus on July 8, and only a small portion of the lungs was left functional

According to Bharat, the organ transplantation may become more frequent for COVID-19 patients who are at a critical stage as the virus most commonly attacks the respiratory system

The patient, who has not been publicly identified, was on immunosuppressant medication for a previous condition when she contracted the coronavirus

The complex operation took over 12 hours and was successfully completed by a team of 20 doctors